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Friday, May 30, 2014

Hi Everyone! As this post goes live I'm off on vacation determined to explore far away
lands! Maybe if you are nice when I return, I'll tell you all about it ;). Have no fear though I've got someone staying at home to guard the polish
while I'm gone so I don't have to worry about any polishnappings.
Phew!

To keep you all entertained while I'm gone, I took the opportunity to
clear out the unposted mani folders and finally share them with you. Expect to see all different nail lengths and polish seasons in the
mix. Hopefully you will enjoy it. Also, I tried really hard to finish
up all my reviews before leaving, but wasn't completely successful!
Sigh! There are still a few beauties that are waiting for their time
in the spotlight when I return.

One of the collections that I have not had proper time to review are
the OPI Sheers. You have probably already seen these since they are
popping up in nail art everywhere! I decided since I didn't get the
chance to fully review them, I would at least play around with them
and show you some fun nail art...

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Today I would like to show you a manicure that I created a few weeks
ago while I was playing around with the Polished by KPT thermal
beauties. With the MoYou challenge Day 28 theme of 'butterflies' in
mind, I stamped lots and lots of them...

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

For this Summer, Zoya released three Magical PixieDust shades with the
same type of textured finish as the Spring shades earlier this year.
Magical PixieDust shades are highly textured and extremely sparkly
containing loads of holographic glitter (which my camera insisted on
suppressing).

Monday, May 26, 2014

Hi Everyone! Today I would like to share with you my review of the
Zoya Tickled and Bubbly collections which were recently released for
the Summer season. The tickled collection features six bright full
coverage creams while the Bubbly collection is made up of six glittery
beauties.

Since the two collection seems to have matching cream and glitter
shades, I chose to test the Bubbly shades as toppers over their (in
most cases) matching Tickled shades. Although I would usually split
the two collections into separate posts, I wanted to make it easier to
compare how the topper changed the base color. For that reason prepare
yourselves for a photo heavy post...

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Hi Everyone! You know I love goodies from the Born Pretty Store and I have shown you lots of them over the past few years! That is why I was so excited when they offered me a chance to give two lucky readers a prize pack filled with nail art items. The prize packs are a mystery to make it exciting and all I can tell you is that they each contain 8 nail art items from the Born Pretty Store! Are you in for the mystery?

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Hi Everyone! Today I have another OPI collection to show you. This is the Limited Edition OPI Major League Baseball collection. It features 7 lacquers inspired by the sport with fun names to boot and aims to give the female fans of the sport something fun to sport (no pun intended) on their nails while cheering for their favorite team...

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Hi Everyone! Today I have for you my swatches and review of the OPI Muppets Most Wanted collection. The collection was inspired by the Disney film with the same name which released a few months ago. Although I have not seen the movie and when I think of The Muppets, I picture brighter shades than this collection contains, I have to say I love these lighter shades!

Monday, May 19, 2014

All you ladies in the US, have you been collecting codes from specially marked boxes of Special K products for your free Nicole by OPI shades? The collaboration was such a success last year, that the two companies worked together once more to re-release the classic red and two new shades...

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Do pandas like wasabi? I sure hope they do because mine are sitting in a bamboo forest on a floor that is Hot Like Wasabi! Maybe they like a little heat with their bamboo dinner? Hehe!

Polished by KPT Hot Like Wasabi is the last of the many thermal beauties that Katherine, the owner and mastermind of the brand generously sent me for review. As you might have noticed over the past few weeks, I've had a lot of fun with these thermal lovelies and this just might win for me on cuteness...

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Happy Weekend everyone! I'm having a late start to the day, but I wanted to show you this manicure that I created a few days ago. The idea for this came from nail art created by Amateur Manicure. If you are not already following her, then what are you waiting for? There is nothing amateur about her manicures, they are all incredibly gorgeous! In one of my favorites, she had the brilliant idea to stamp with white over black and then top it off with a sheer polish for color. She shows this off in her OPI Sheer Tinted Stamping manicure that left me speechless at the sheer genius of it. No pun intended! Easy pastels over black?! I'll be trying that with my Sheer Tints soon, but I'm getting side tracked...

Playing off the idea of topping white stamping with a sheer polish, I decided to try it out with a sheer thermal for a blushing effect..

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Today's manicure was inspired by Day 15 prompt of 'Love' in the MoYou
30 day challenge. Although I haven't had time to take part in many of
the challenges, this one seemed a perfect fit for the Polished by KPT
beauty 'Love in Bloom' that I was playing around with a little bit
ago. I took the polish name quite literaly and surrounded the couple
in love with blooms...

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Hi Everyone! Today I would like to show you two more Polished by KPT
thermal beauties that Katherine, the creator and mastermind behind this lacquer, sent to me for review. These are darker and moodier than the
previous Polished by KPT lovelies that I have tried and I just adore them. Both of these transition from a pale gray to black and the shimmer what makes each
of them so unique...

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Hi Everyone! Today I would like to show you a quick tribal manicure that I created with one of the beautiful Polished by KPT thermals. For the design I had today's MoYou challenge in mind. The theme for today is 'geometric' and I decided the triangles, diamonds and other shapes which make up the pattern would be a perfect fit.

Friday, May 9, 2014

Guess what! I've got a few more beautiful Polished by KPT thermals to show you today. I hope you are loving them as much as I do!
Katherine, the creator, owner and mastermind behind these thermal wonders sent me the most amazing package to swatch and share with you. As you can see I've been swatching them just a little bit at a time because I don't have the heart to take them off right away. I want to enjoy them all! So selfish of me, right?! Ha!

Today I would like to show you the beautiful Kelvin Bleu, Permanganate and Vanda...

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Hi Everyone! Today I would like to show you this beautiful Polished by KPT thermal lacquer named Color Me Purple. I can't seem to get enough of this gorgeous shade. As you'll see below, I took way too many photos of this beauty, including some *gasp* outside while I visited my parents yesterday. The blooming lilacs made the perfect compliment to this floral shade...

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Hi Everyone! Today I'm excited to show you the March into Spring collection from Polished by KPT. The collection which launched a couple of months ago features five gorgeous floral shades. All of these shades are thermal and change color depending on the temperature of your hands and nails. To me this means that you get two colors plus a gradient nicely packed into one bottle. How can you beat that? ;)

Sunday, May 4, 2014

A few days ago MoYou London, the makers of some pretty amazing stamping plates, launched a challenge in celebration of reaching 10K followers on Instagram. The challenge is to create manicures using MoYou stamping plates that go along with their daily prompts. At the end of the month winners will be picked to receive some new stamping plates. Life is a bit too hectic right now to take take on the full challenge, but I will try to join in and create a manicure or two when I get a chance...

The prompt for yesterday was Animal Print. I happened to still be wearing the Kiss My Tan, the gorgeous fiery metallic orange by Dazzle Dry so I thought of tigers. Oh my!...

Friday, May 2, 2014

Hi Everyone! Summer is so close, I can feel it. These past few days in Seattle have been just absolutely gorgeous and I've been loving these bright and sparkly shades on my nails. This beautiful collection is Dazzle Dry Beach Ready which launched yesterday for the summer season. It features four bright creams and two glass fleck loaded sparkly beauties...

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Mother's Day is just around the corner, are you prepared? I promise, this isn't a public service announcement, it is just my introduction for the beautiful Polished by KPT Sunday Rose thermal lacquer. Sunday Rose is part of a Mother’s Day Manicure box set created in collaboration with Serum No. 5...

About Me

I am a self proclaimed craft nerd. I love all things crafty and will try just about any of it. Favorite hobbies include carving candles, decorating cakes, and making jewelry. In my free time, I love to play with nail polish! Questions/comments? Feel free to contact me at angalek@gmail.com